‘Israel’ Razes Bedouin Village for 113th Time

Local Editor

‘Israeli’ police forces destroyed a Palestinian village in the Naqab region of the country's south for the 113th time since 2010, displacing its residents and flattening its few still-standing structures.

Heavily armed officers as well as riot police forces raided the village on Wednesday morning, and bulldozers destroyed the makeshift homes locals had been living in, local Palestinian media outlets reported.

The Adalah Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights, a Haifa-based advocacy group, estimates that 22 families made up of 110 people live in Araqib. The villagers return and rebuild after each demolition.

Al-Araqib is one of more than 35 villages across the desert Naqab region, considered ‘illegal’ by the government owing to their lack of building permits.  

An estimated 80,000 Bedouin Palestinians live in the communities, which are often denied services including water, electricity, rubbish pick-up and education facilities.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team